Around Town July 17

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 16, 2014

• Scene Around Town photo: A video crew from 6ABC —WPVI Channel 6 — records a segment on animal rescue with members of Rescue Dogs Rock in front of GiggyBites in Olde Ridge Village. The segment is to air 7 a.m. this Saturday, July 19 as part of a segment called Shelter Me, and again at 7 p.m. and midnight on FYI Philly. RDR is headquartered in Franklinville, N.J., but has no shelter. The group chose GiggyBites because RDR used to be in West Grove.

• Special meeting: On Friday, July 18, the Concord Township Board of Supervisors will meet at 6:30 p.m. prevailing time in the Concord Township Building at 43 Thornton Road, Concord, PA, to discuss and vote on whether to advertise a proposed new ordinance which would invoke the procedures of the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, 53 P.S. §2901 et seq. to ask Concord Township voters to vote “yes” or “no” on the question: “Shall a Government Study Commission of seven members be elected to study the existing form of government of the Township, to consider the advisability of the adoption of an optional form of government or a Home Rule Charter, to recommend the adoption of an optional form of government or to draft and recommend a Home Rule Charter?” If any person who wishes to attend the Friday, July 18, Board of Supervisors meeting at the Concord Township Building, 43 Thornton Road, has a disability and/or requires auxiliary aid, service, or other accommodation to observe and/or participate in the proceedings, please contact Assistant Manager/Secretary Brenda Lamanna at 610-459-8911 to arrange accommodation.

• Brazilian jazz — as presented by the group Minas —comes to Paradocx Vineyard from 5-9 p.m. on July 19 as part of the summer concert series. Admission is $10 and includes the concert and one glass of selected wine. Paradocx Vineyard is located at 1833 Flint Road in Landenberg.

• The Kennett Area Senior Center sponsors Zumba fitness classes with a 10-week session beginning Tuesday, Aug. 5 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. The sessions will be on Tuesdays through Oct. 7. The cost is $59 for 10 classes. Kim Malone, Certified Zumba instructor, will be in charge of this exercise program. Contact Andrea Durynski at 610-444-4819 to sign up.

• Hibernia County Park will host the 86^th annual Chester County Old Fiddlers’ Picnic on Saturday, Aug. 9. The rain date is Sunday, Aug. 10. Admission is free, but parking is $5 per car. Gates open at 8:30 a.m. and the music begins at 10 a.m. when the Old Fiddlers’ House Band, Remington Riders, will take center stage, leading into a continually changing slate of individuals and groups who perform all day. The picnic, originally coordinated by Christian Sanderson, began at Crystal Springs Park, outside Parkesburg and later moved to Lenape Park, south of West Chester. When Lenape Park closed in 1980, Chester County Parks & Recreation offered to sponsor the Picnic at Hibernia County Park.

• Brandywine Brings the Blues. The Brandywine River Museum of Art presents blues/rock guitarist and band, The Steve Cal' Band, with a 7 p.m. concert in the courtyard on Aug. 15. Tickets are $12 for adults; $10 members and $6 students through Aug. 13. After August 13, prices are $25 adults, $20 member and $10 students. Cash bar and food will be available for purchase. This concert is presented in conjunction with the World Cafe Live at the Queen. Tickets are available online at http://www.brandywinemuseumshop.org/Events.aspx or by calling 610-388-8326.